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Illuminate in the Sunshine State
Every year I find the need to make up some corny rhyming catch phrase
for the New Year coming. A trend started by Emil Miller, an old “friend
boy”, years ago when he was producing sales collateral for SmithCo, a turf
supply company he works with. His big new rhyming phrase was “Mow
More in 04”. Made sense to the Superintendents at the time. Since then I’ve made it an annoying tradition to greet clients who call
and friends & family with my A and B choices, people LOVE IT! A few we
came up with…
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Gonna’ Be Great in 08, Rejuvenate in 08, Recuperate in 08,
well you get the jest of it. The point is to inspire, show love and encouragement,
in other words Motivate in 08, another good one, Yeah!!!!
This may all sound trite, maybe a little obnoxious, but I compare it to being
the rookie Jason Day and saying I’m going to take Tiger down. The truth
is I’m attracted to people with self-confidence who may be a bit on the arrogant
side, but only if they have game to back it up. When I hear that type
of challenge I think it’s an opportunity to communicate in 08.
Now, to set the record straight (in 08). I recently found some interesting
information:
With all the focus on digital these days, it’s easy to believe the hype that everything’s
online and no one is paying attention to print anymore. But recent studies
show people-lots of them, actually-are still reading your ink-on-paper magazines.
They are not only reading them, they are also paying attention to and acting on the
ads inside.
Survey results published this summer by the Deloitte advisory and consulting
firm found that 72 percent of consumers ages 13 to 75 preferred to read printed
magazines over getting the same information online, Deloitte divided the 2,200 consumers
surveyed into the following four generational categories: Millenials (ages
13-24), Generation Xers (25-41), Baby Boomers (42-60), Matures (61-75)
The Deloitte survey found that not only are all ages still reading print media, but
the survey respondents overall (64 percent) pay more attention to advertising in
print magazines or newspapers than advertising online. This is not the only survey
to report these findings. Various studies and reports over the last couple of years
show that even in a “digital age,” magazine advertising is still vital to a company’s
marketing plan.
“People have gotten used to ignoring or skipping over commercials on television,
and they immediately close pop-ups on the Internet,” says Ned Kulka, Marketing
Director at Publishers Press. “Magazine ads, though, hold a different place in the
minds of consumers.”
That said, its time to Elevate in 08!
Hit ‘Em Straight,
Terrie Purdum
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